2021

ATG wishes all our readers a very happy new year.

The most-read stories on this website over 2021 included news of an entire barn structure being offered, the recording dates for the Antiques Roadshow and a long-lost bronze vase being used as a table base.

Despite the lockdowns, the last 12 months has been a busy time for the art market with plenty of activity witnessed around the country. Here we pick out five of the top picture results at auctions outside London in 2021.

ATG wishes all our readers a very happy Christmas.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a lion pin cushion that made over 13-times estimate in Scotland.

Whether or not you can make it to the slopes this season, a skiing poster for your wall at home is always an attractive option.

A dealership on London’s Pimlico Road is appealing for help to recover a stolen lamp.

An export block has been placed on a portrait of the future King William IV painted during the American Revolutionary war, in the hope a UK buyer can be found.

Former Christie’s executives Cat Manson and Caroline Sayan’s initiative, Art Market Mentors, is open for mentee applications for 2022.

Auction house Christie’s reported preliminary total sales of $7.1bn (£5.2bn) including fees for 2021.

With estimates from £300-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of Gurr Johns acquiring London works on paper specialist Forum Auctions.

The Honresfield Library of British Literature, containing more than 500 manuscripts, first editions and letters including works by the Brontë family, Robert Burns and Walter Scott, has been purchased by the Friends of the National Libraries for £15.3m.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Nuremberg Trials sketch by Dame Laura Knight that doubled its estimate at Woolley & Wallis.

Organisers The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) announced the March 2022 edition of the Maastricht fair has been postponed.

Auction house Sotheby’s has reported total sales (including associated fees) for the year to date at $7.3bn (£5.5bn).

The latest jobs news across dealers and auction houses.

The UK government has issued a temporary export bar for a rare 17th century painting depicting a black female sitter alongside her white companion.

With estimates from £150-60,000 here are six previews of upcoming items.

The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the finest-known example of a New England shilling found in a sweet tin.